polyiamond

A polyform made by joining one or more equilateral triangles edge to edge in various arrangements, with every polyiamond corresponding to a polyhex.

Noun

  1. A polyform made by joining one or more equilateral triangles edge to edge in various arrangements, with every polyiamond corresponding to a polyhex.

Origin

Blend of poly- + diamond, the polyiamond made up of two triangles being a diamond or rhombus.

Forms

polyiamonds

Synonyms

n-iamond

Related

diamond polyomino bar butterfly chevron crook crown hexagon hook lobster signpost snake sphinx yacht

Derived

diamond hexiamond moniamond pentiamond tetriamond triamond 1 3 4 12 barrhomboid crookclub crown sphinx snake yacht chevronbat signpostpistol lobster hookshoe hexagon butterfly